The White Reindeer
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The White Reindeer (Finnish: Valkoinen peura, Swedish: Den Vita Renen) is a 1952 Finnish folk horror film directed by Erik Blomberg in his feature film debut.[1] Blomberg wrote the screenplay with his wife Mirjami Kuosmanen, who also stars in the lead role. Based on pre-Christian Finnish mythology and Sami shamanism, the film is set in the Finnish Lapland and centers on a young woman, Pirita (Kuosmanen).
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| Directed by | Erik Blomberg |
| Written by | Erik Blomberg Mirjami Kuosmanen |
| Produced by | Aarne Tarkas |
| Starring | Mirjami Kuosmanen Kalervo Nissilä Åke Lindman Arvo Lehesmaa |
| Cinematography | Erik Blomberg |
| Edited by | Erik Blomberg |
| Music by | Einar Englund |
Production company | Junior-Film [fi] |
| Distributed by | Adams Filmi Suomi-Filmi |
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Running time | 74 minutes (1952) 68 minutes (1986 restoration) |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
| Budget | €7,600,000 |
The White Reindeer was entered in competition at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival[2] and earned the Jean Cocteau–led jury special award for Best Fairy Tale Film.[3] After its limited release five years later in the United States, it was one of five films to win the 1956 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film.[4][5]